Fourth-position
noun, Ballet.
1.
a position in which the feet are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out, with one foot forward and the other foot back.
noun
a position of the left hand (if right-handed) on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer the bridge than third position
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